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3	''Rock of Ages'' is a podcast hosted by Andrew and started in February 2021. It involves himself and his friends, many of whom are theatre kids, reviewing classic rock albums. When they get to a ConceptAlbum or RockOpera, then they review a musical theatre cast recording the following week. A lot of the podcast's appeal comes from the panelists' [[SeinfeldianConversation tendency for conversations that have little to do with the albums]].
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5	It can be heard on [[https://open.spotify.com/show/6Rvyr60UEda17k6wUlfxYw Spotify]] and [[https://anchor.fm/stanthetalkingdog/ Anchor]], among other places.
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7	It also spawned a movie commentary-themed SpinOff, ''Podcast/WatchThis'', hosted by panelist Romi.
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9	!!This podcast contains examples of:
10	* AmbiguouslyHuman: Throughout many of Cade's rants in the podcast, he refers to Ringo Starr as a god that everyone should worship. However, whenever this is true or just the ravings of an indoctrinated youth remains to be seen.
11	* BreakingTheFourthWall: While this is a music podcast, the panelists make it abundantly clear that Copyright Infringement laws exist, thus limiting the copyrighted content played each episode. Other instances include the panelists referencing that they are actually in a Discord voice chat, and they will refer to the different channels in the Discord server where they link references or statements during recording.
12	* CirclingMonologue: Many of Cade's monologues/long winded speeches will actually have him circle around his recording area despite him not psychically being around his cast mates.
13	* ChristmasEpisode: Just after Christmas 2021, they did a bonus episode covering Music/DavidBowie and Music/BingCrosby's recording of "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy".
14	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The fate of one cast member Jess after the Back in Black episode. While she gets the occasional mention here and there, she rarely comes up in conversation.
15	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: The 2021 Roundtable episode features a section where the entire crew lists their favorite episodes of the year. Cade's favorites include mostly episodes during the first Cade month arc of the podcast, including the Sgt. Pepper's Movie Soundtrack; an episode that almost everyone else absolutely reviled.
16	* DeadpanSnarker: Almost everyone has this in spades, but especially Kay.
17	* EpicFail: During the ''Music/FearOfMusic'' episode, Riley shows up to recording having accidentally listened to ''Music/RemainInLight'' instead, which she realizes midway through the episode, and is completely oblivious to the fact that the podcast already covered the latter back in August 2021. This incident became a recurring joke throughout the podcast, most notably in the ''Music/LedZeppelin'' [[Music/LedZeppelin1969 first self-titled]], where she jokes about how she liked a song from their [[Music/LedZeppelinII second self-titled]].
18	* FantasticallyIndifferent: This is the tone many of the crew whenever Cade delivers a Ringo sermon. Andrew in particular seems to be more over with Ringo worship with each and every instance.
19	* HalloweenEpisode: Fittingly, it was Music/BlackSabbath's SelfTitledAlbum, seen as the birth of HeavyMetal as a genre (literally, as the gang notes with the opening track).
20	** In October 2023, a Halloween Month occurs, with the episodes being Sweeney Todd, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' "Murder Ballads", and the musical "Murder Ballad".
21	* HostileShowTakeover: Cade Month, in which recurring panelist Cade filled the entire month of June (with the exception of ''[[Music/TheKillers Sam's Town]]'', which was Jackson's birthday episode) with his picks, was treated as this by Cade himself. In contrast, Romi's half-month takeover was more modest, amounting to a regular album, concept album and theatre album apiece.
22	* InsaneTrollLogic: They use a mild case of this to claim ''Music/BreakfastInAmerica'' is a ConceptAlbum so they can get to ''ComicBook/FunHome'' quicker.
23	* ItMakesSenseInContext: Pretty much a lot of things the panelists say in almost every episode. A particular example comes when they did John Lennon's "Wall's & Bridges" and Andrew said "I'm never getting over the bongos man."
24	* LetsDuet: Usually whenever a cast member starts singing a song, either from the album of the week or just a random one from their head, another cast member will join along. Usually Romi.
25	* MilestoneCelebration: ''Theatre/{{Company\|Sondheim}}'' was the 50th episode, as well as the Creator/StephenSondheim tribute.
26	* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Riley & Romi’s laughs are definite qualifiers for how wholesome they are.
27	* OnlyOneFindsItFun: This sort of thing has happened in a few instances, perhaps most notably with ''Music/{{Revolver}}'' - Andrew liked the album, while most of the others didn't.
28	** Andrew also seems to be the only one who genuinely enjoys Jimmy Buffett, though he didn't like Escape to Margaritaville.
29	* PlotTwist: At the end of the "ComicBook/{{Fun Home}}" episode of the podcast, Cade used his birthday wish to take control over the podcast for almost an entire month. Cade actually foreshadows this twist early on in the episode.
30	* RunningGag: Several, such as:
31	** "There are [number] albums better than [album name]" - started in the ''Music/{{Fun House\|Album}}'' episode, when Romi notes an album's placement on Website/AcclaimedMusic's top 3000 albums list.
32	** [[Music/TheStooges "LA Blues"]] is constantly brought up over the podcast's run.
33	** The snowclone created by the gang based around songs that have "Blues" in the name. Sometimes this even extends to some movies on Romi's podcast.
34	* SeinfeldianConversation: The gang enjoys doing this. During ''Music/BreakfastInAmerica'', Andrew successfully ties a few of these tangents to the topic of the episode by giving some short statement and mentioning having [[TitleDrop breakfast in America]] during it. In another instance (''Theatre/{{Company\|Sondheim}}''), Romi brings up [[Series/SesameStreet Elmo's feud with Zoe's pet rock]] simply because she feels the need, and attempts to tie it to the discussion.
35	* SkywardScream: In the 'Bat Out of Hell' and 'Pretty. Odd.' episodes: "DOOONN HENNNLLEEYYYY!!!"

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